Apostles Way, Kirkby, Liverpool 33
An unpretentious, nicely-detailed church built in the 1970s to serve new housing.
The parish was formed in 1965. The church was built from designs by R. O’Mahony & Partners in about 1976 (Catholic Building Review, North, 1977). It was consecrated in 2002.
Description
The main elevation of the church to the street presents a windowless wall, of buff brick with a slate-covered monopitch roof topped by a clerestorey. To the right is a passage link to the presbytery, to the left an open-fronted vestibule containing the main entrance links to the simple rectangular brick bell tower. The main body of the church is also of buff brick, with closely-buttressed blind walls and a lead roof covering. The interior has bare brick walls and timber boarded ceiling slopes. The space is mainly top-lit, but light also comes from the stained glass wall section alongside the main entrance. The altar is set on a low dais in the light of the clerestorey. Carved woodwork by David John. A small meeting room opens off the liturgical south side of the main worship space.
Entry amended by AHP 02.09.2023
Architect: R. O’Mahony & Partners
Original Date: 1976
Conservation Area: No
Listed Grade: Not Listed
